Paca
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This article is about the Central and South American rodent. For other uses, see PACA (disambiguation).
A paca (from Tupí paka[4]) is a member of the genus Cuniculus of ground-dwelling, herbivorous rodents in South and Central America. It is the only genus in the family Cuniculidae.[5] Pacas are large rodents with dots and stripes on their sides, short ears, and barely visible tails. Pacas are eaten by people in Belize, where they are known as "gibnut" and, having been served to Queen Elizabeth II, "the royal rat".[6][7] In the Amazon basin they are known as "majás". In Guyanese English, it is known as labba from Arawak.[4]
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Paca[1] | |
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Lowland paca | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Infraorder: | Hystricognathi |
Parvorder: | Caviomorpha |
Superfamily: | Cavioidea |
Family: | Cuniculidae Miller & Gidley, 1918[2] |
Genus: | Cuniculus Brisson, 1762[3] |
Type species | |
Mus paca | |
Species | |
Cuniculus paca | |
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